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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta listens as his NATO and Afghanistan policy advisors brief him at the Pentagon, Feb. 19, 2013, before his upcoming trip to Brussels. Panetta is preparing to participate in his fifth NATO meeting of defense ministers.

NATO PREPARATIONS

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta listens as his NATO and Afghanistan policy advisors brief him at the Pentagon, Feb. 19, 2013, before his upcoming trip to Brussels. Panetta is preparing to participate in his fifth NATO meeting of defense ministers.

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